¡Boricua! New York City’s largest Latin community since the 1940s
Puerto Rican NYC
Tito Puente “The King of Latin Music”
Monday, April 20, 2020
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TIto Puente was born in Harlem, NYC on April 20, 1923. Oye cómo va?
Caribbean Cultural Center teaches Afro-Cuban Plant and Herb Traditions
Thursdays, April 16, 23, 30 & May 7, 2020
ZOOM
CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTER AFRICAN DIASPORA INSTITUTE
El Barrio, East Harlem
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Oba Frank Bell leads a webinar on Integral Plants & Herbs in Afro-Cuban Orisha & Palo Traditions. FREE
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National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship 2020
Saturday, February 29, 2020
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Application deadline for $2,000 scholarships for exceptional high school and college students of Puerto Rican descent.
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Lionel Cruet Flood Aftermath and Other Hurricane Stories
Wednesday-Sunday
Feb 15 – March 8, 2020
FACTION Art Projects
Harlem, NYC
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The Puerto Rican artist riffs on the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.
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Los Hacheros
Sundays
VERLAINE
Lower East Side, NYC
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Thursday, April 2, 2020
GONZALEZ Y GONZALEZ
Greenwich Village, NYC
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Puerto Rican Golden Age salsa for dancing. ¡WEPA!
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Original Sponsor
Carnegie Hall
Aventura
Mon-Thu, March 16-19, 2020
Sunday, March 22, 2020
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Midtown, Manhattan
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Romeo Santos is back with the Kings of Bachata.
Romeo Santos
AVENTURA
Mon-Thu, March 16-19, 2020
Sunday, March 22, 2020
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Midtown, Manhattan
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Dominican-Puerto Rican Bachata superstar continues with his original band Aventura
Maelo Ruiz
Friday, March 20, 2020
LA BOOM NYC
Woodside, Queens
The Puerto Rican salsa romántica singer is joined by Colombian Vallenato group Binomio de Oro.
Gilberto Santa Rosa
Friday, March 20, 2020
BEACON THEATRE
Upper West Side, NYC
“Perdoname,” the Puerto Rican romantic salsa singer “El Caballero de la Salsa” is making the rounds
Miguel Zenón
Friday, March 20, 2020
HARLEM STAGE
Harlem, NYC
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The jazz saxophonist who is a multi-Grammy nominee, Guggenheim Fellow, MacArthur Fellow and Puerto Rican New Yorker joins the Manhattan School of Music LatinX Jazz Orchestra for an evening of contemporary and traditional Latin music.
West Side Story Broadway
IN PREVIEWS
Dark Mondays
OPENING NIGHT February 20, 2020
BROADWAY THEATRE
Times Square Theater District, NYC
One of the great love stories, one of the great New York stories, is our story too
Hamilton
Dark Mondays
RICHARD RODGERS THEATRE
Times Square Theater District, NYC
The Broadway hit of our generation was written by Puerto Rican New Yorker Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights, Freestyle Love Supreme)
Chicago the Musical
Dark Wednesdays
AMBASSADOR THEATRE
Times Square Theater District, NYC
The original leading ladies of the longest running U.S. musical were Puerto Rican and Italian (Chita Rivera & Liza Minelli)
New York Mets 2020
Thursday, March 26, 2020
CITI FIELD
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
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Watch the Mets’ Cuban, Dominican, Italian, Puerto Rican & Venezuelan players in the 2020 home opener, Mets vs Nationals.
Madama Butterfly
OPENING NIGHT
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Lincoln Center
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Puerto Rican soprano Ana María Martínez stars as Cio-Cio-San opposite Italian tenor Giorgio Berrugi.
La Sonora Ponceña
Saturday, April 4, 2020
ANAIS LOUNGE
Passaic, New Jersey
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One of Puerto Rico’s legendary salsa bands. “Moreno soy,” “Hacheros pa’ un palo,” “Fuego en el 23.”
Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
Saturday, April 11, 2020
RITZ THEATRE
Elizabeth, New Jersey
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The most popular salsa band ever plays a night of Puerto Rican salsa. “Brujeria,” “Arroz con Habichuelas,” “Un Verano en Nueva York”…
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Original Sponsor
Madison Square Garden
La Canción
Thursday, April 16, 2020
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, NYC
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Puerto Rican reggaeton legend VICO C’s hip-hop musical.
Puerto Rican NYC Festivals
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2020
Sunday, June 14, 2020
FIFTH AVENUE
Midtown, NYC
America’s largest cultural celebration is Puerto Rican!
Puerto Rican Heritage Month
November
UNITED STATES
The Puerto Rican diaspora celebrates our heritage on the month when Columbus landed and claimed the island for Spain in 1493. ¡WEPA!
El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2020
Monday, January 6, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
LA MARQUETA
East Harlem, NYC
Giant puppets, camels, parrandas, BombaYo, Annette Aguilar, Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theater, Fogo Azul NYC, and the Three Kings bring the true spirit of the holidays to El Barrio. ¡WEPA!
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PRIDA Puerto Rican Artisan’s Holiday Market
Sunday, December 8, 2019
EL BARRIO EAST HARLEM, NYC ~ Get handmade gifts by Puerto Rican artists for the holidays at this Christmas market at Artspace PS109
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MegaBash 2019
Friday, November 29, 2019
NEWARK, New Jersey ~ La Mega 97.9FM brings the stars of reggaeton and latin trap: Alex Sensation, Ozuna, Farruko, Luis Fonsi, Prince Royce, REIK, V Manuelle, Becky G, Jhay Cortez, Ivy Queen, Lunay and Chimbala to Prudential Center
Hispanic Day Parade 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Twenty-one countries from around the world celebrate our Hispanic Heritage on Fifth Avenue
National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Book Expo
Sat, November 23, 2019
CONCOURSE, The Bronx ~ The Fair weaves handicrafts and poetry into the fabric of Puerto Rican community at Hostos College
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Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2019
Wed-Sun, Nov 13-17, 2019
GREENWICH VILLAGE & LOWER EAST SIDE ~ Films by and of the Puerto Rican diaspora at Teatro Círculo, Cantor Film Center NYU, King Juan Carlos Center at NYU and Teatro SEA
Soulfrito 2019
Friday, August 30, 2019
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ Rap, Reggaeton and Latin Trap featuring Ozuna, A Boogie, Farruko, Gunna, Jeremih, Arcangel, El Alfi, Duki, over 20 artists at Barclays Center
New York Salsa Congress 2019
Labor Day Weekend
DANCE PARTIES
Sat-Wed, August 24-28, 2019
DANCE FESTIVAL
Thu-Sun, August 29-Sep 1, 2019
MARRIOTT MARQUIS
Times Square, NYC
A week of dancing in spots all over Manhattan ends with a weekend of salsa workshops, performances and dancing to live music by Tony Vega, Moncho Rivera and Doug Beavers
AfriBembé Festival 2019
Sunday, August 18, 2019
EAST HARLEM, NYC ~ The Caribbean Cultural Center hosts a Pan-African cultural festival and street fair around East Harlem Art Park on 120th St between Lexington and Third Ave
Carnaval del Barrio brings Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to 116th St
Fri-Sun, August 2-4, 2019
EL BARRIO, EAST HARLEM, NYC ~ A fun family street fair on 116th St with live music inspired by Las Fiestas Patronales of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
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Afro-Latino Festival 2019
Fri-Sat, July 12-13, 2019
DOWNTOWN, Brooklyn ~ Mariachi Flor de Toloache and José Alberto “El Canario” headline this festival of concerts, talks and food from the African diaspora
116th Street Festival 2019 is a Puerto Rican party!
Sat, Jun 8, 2019
Puerto Rican street fair
EL BARRIO EAST HARLEM ~ The Northeast’s biggest street fair is a Puerto Rican party
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152nd Street Cultural Festival 2019
WOODSTOCK, THE BRONX | Sat, May 25, 2019 | Puerto Rican street fair | The warm-up to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. FREE
Mega Mezcla 2019
NEWARK, NJ; Sun, Apr 19, 2019 ~ Reggaeton concert ~ Colombian DJ Alex Sensation brings out his friends Ozuna, J Balvin, Farruko, Anuel AA, Karol G, El Alfa, Jowell y Randy, Manuel Turizo and more
La Casita Sings the Poetry and Music of Our Communities
LINCOLN CENTER & PREGONES THEATER, Sat-Sun, Aug 4-5, 2018 ~ La Casita gives voice to the poetry and music of our communities
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Afro-Latino Fest 2018
Afro- Brazilian, Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Haitian, Mexican, Panamanian, Puerto Rican talk, movies and music.
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TALKS
Schomberg Center
Harlem, Manhattan
Friday, July 13, 2018
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FILM FESTIVAL
Abron Center
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Saturday, July 14, 2018
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CONCERT
The Well
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Puerto Rican New York City
The late 1960s/70s Nuyorican Movement was our “Harlem Renaissance.” New York institutions like the Nuyorican Poets Café, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center and El Museo del Barrio were formed then.
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)
Tuesday-Friday
EL BARRIO, EAST HARLEM, NYC
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Preserves and promotes the culture of Africa and the African diaspora – whether African, African-American, Afro-Latino or Afro-Caribbean.
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Hostos Center
HOSTOS COLLEGE
CONCOURSE, THE BRONX
College performing arts center that presents a lot of Latin culture
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Pregones / PRTT
CONCOURSE, The Bronx
Pregones Theater and Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, two Puerto Rican community theaters, join forces as Pregones/PRTT.
Teatro SEA
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
Bilingual young people’s puppet theatre whose world-class productions are fun for children, teens and adults too.
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
HUNTS POINT, The Bronx
Charitable school for South Bronx youth that gets kids into college
El Museo del Barrio
Wednesday-Sunday
EAST HARLEM, NYC
Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American art museum and community center
Schomburg Center
Monday-Saturday
HARLEM, NYC
This library of African culture grew out of the literary collection of Puerto Rican collector Arturo Alfonso Schomburg during the Harlem Renaissance
You can also find Puerto Rican culture at the American Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Puerto Rican New Yorkers
Some Puerto Rican New Yorkers call themselves Nuyorican, but to us that means the late 1960s/1970s Puerto Rican cultural and literary movement in the Lower East Side (Loisaida), East Harlem (El Barrio), Williamsburg and the South Bronx.
Tito Puente “The King of Latin Music”
Monday, April 20, 2020
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TIto Puente was born in Harlem, NYC on April 20, 1923. Oye cómo va?
Lionel Cruet Flood Aftermath and Other Hurricane Stories
Wednesday-Sunday
Feb 15 – March 8, 2020
FACTION Art Projects
Harlem, NYC
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The Puerto Rican artist riffs on the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.
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Los Hacheros
Sundays
VERLAINE
Lower East Side, NYC
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Thursday, April 2, 2020
GONZALEZ Y GONZALEZ
Greenwich Village, NYC
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Puerto Rican Golden Age salsa for dancing. ¡WEPA!
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Original Sponsor
Carnegie Hall
Romeo Santos
AVENTURA
Mon-Thu, March 16-19, 2020
Sunday, March 22, 2020
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Midtown, Manhattan
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Dominican-Puerto Rican Bachata superstar continues with his original band Aventura
Miguel Zenón
Friday, March 20, 2020
HARLEM STAGE
Harlem, NYC
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The jazz saxophonist who is a multi-Grammy nominee, Guggenheim Fellow, MacArthur Fellow and Puerto Rican New Yorker joins the Manhattan School of Music LatinX Jazz Orchestra for an evening of contemporary and traditional Latin music.
Nicky Jam
Saturday, April 25, 2020
PRUDENTIAL CENTER
Newark, New Jersey
The Puerto Rican-Dominican-American singer brings his reggaeton
Jennifer Lopez
Friday, July 24, 2020
CHAPEL HILL, The Bronx
The Puerto Rican actress and pop superstar was born on July 24, 1969
Louie Vega
Friday, March 6, 2020
MR. EAST
Roselle, New Jersey
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Legendary house DJ and producer from a Puerto Rican musical family.
Marc Anthony
Saturday, February 15, 2020
PRUDENTIAL CENTER
Newark, NJ
The 2020 Grammy-winning Puerto Rican New Yorker, who is the best-selling tropical salsa artist of all time, continues his winning Opus Tour
Carlos Henriquez
December 26-31, 2019
DIZZY’S CLUB
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER
Columbus Circle, NYC
Ring in the New Year with NYC’s most important Latin Jazz artist (Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra)
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Ismael Miranda
Saturday, December 21, 2019
WELLMONT THEATER
Montclair, New Jersey
“El Niño Bonito de la Salsa” is joined by Tito Rojas, Ray de la Paz and Willie Alvarez for a Danceable Salsa Concert
Los Pleneros de la 21
Wed, December 18, 2019
JULIA DE BURGOS CENTER
El Barrio, East Harlem, NYC
Celebrate Christmas Puerto Rican style with a bomba and plena Parranda cycle ¡WEPA!
Lee Quiñones: Language Barriers
Wed-Sat, Nov 6-Dec 20, 2019
JAMES FUENTES GALLERY
Lower East Side, NYC
The iconic New York City graffiti artist of the 1970s (Puerto Rican) shows pieces of his creative past
La India
Friday, November 8, 2019
PASSAIC, New Jersey ~ The chart-topping, Latin Grammy and Guinness Book of Records-winning Puerto Rican salsa singer plays Fiesta Night Club
Eddie Palmieri
Saturday, April 25, 2020
KUPFERBERG CENTER
Flushing, Queens
One of the living legends of Latin jazz and Puerto Rican salsa is still going strong at 83
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Melissa Misla’s APT 9D is Nuyorican art in two places at once
QUEENS COLLEGE, KEW GARDENS HILLS; Apr 9-13, 2019; New York Puerto Rican Indigenous Taíno art exhibition ~ RECEPTIONS Tue, Apr 9 & Sat, Apr 13
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Flaco Navaja’s Evolution of a Sonero
Saturday-Sunday, January 12-13, 2019
PUBLIC THEATER
NoHo, NYC
In this Puerto Rican musical first developed at Pregones/PRTT, Flaco and his Razor Blades rap on growing up with Pedro Navaja and Hector Lavoe, and staying clean in The Bronx
“Boom for Real” Jean-Michel Basquiat
Sunday, December 22, 2019
“BOOM FOR REAL”
A documentary about Basquiat’s early years and the City that formed the landmark Haitian-Puerto Rican artist from Brooklyn
Nydia Velázquez
U.S. Representative NY District 7. First Latina on the New York City Council and first Puerto Rican woman in U.S. Congress.
MANHATTAN
Lower East Side, East Village
BROOKLYN
Brooklyn Heights, Bushwick, Carroll Gardens, Greenpoint, Red Hook, Williamsburg
QUEENS
Maspeth, Ridgewood, Woodside
Bernie Williams
Friday, October 12, 2018
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Schimmel Center
PACE University
Financial District, Manhattan
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The former Puerto Rican MLB All-Star Yankee center fielder is a great Latin Grammy-nominated jazz and rock musician too.
Carlina Rivera
New York City Council District #2
East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Murray Hill, Rose Hill
Mambo Legends Orchestra are players from Tito Puente’s orchestra
Midsummer Night Swing
Damrosch Park Lincoln Center
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
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Puerto Rican fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez ‘Instamatics’ of the 1970s
Danziger Gallery
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Tuesday – Saturday
March 8 – April 28, 2018
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Angel Otero ‘Elegies’ Puerto Rican art at the Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Concourse Village, The Bronx
October 25, 2017 – April 29, 2018
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Puerto Ricans
We are a blend of Indigenous Taíno, Spanish European and African
Julia de Burgos
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
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CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO ~ The renowned Puerto Rican poet was born on February 17, 1914.
Vico C does Instagram Live
Monday, March 23, 2020
Instagram
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El Filósofo del Rap gives a virtual concert on Instagram to keep spirits up during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Maelo Ruiz
Friday, March 20, 2020
LA BOOM NYC
Woodside, Queens
The Puerto Rican salsa romántica singer is joined by Colombian Vallenato group Binomio de Oro.
La Sonora Ponceña
Saturday, April 4, 2020
ANAIS LOUNGE
Passaic, New Jersey
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One of Puerto Rico’s legendary salsa bands. “Moreno soy,” “Hacheros pa’ un palo,” “Fuego en el 23.”
Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
Saturday, April 11, 2020
RITZ THEATRE
Elizabeth, New Jersey
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The most popular salsa band ever plays a night of Puerto Rican salsa. “Brujeria,” “Arroz con Habichuelas,” “Un Verano en Nueva York”…
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Original Sponsor
Madison Square Garden
Francisco Oller
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico
The Impressionist painter who worked with the Impressionists in Europe, briefly taught Paul Cézanne, and transformed Caribbean painting, was born on June 17, 1833
Roberto Clemente
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
CAROLINA, Puerto Rico ~ The first great Latin baseball player was born in Barrio San Antón on August 18, 1934
Ozuna
Friday, September 4, 2020
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Chelsea, NYC
The Dominican-Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap star brings his Nibiru World Tour to NYC
Tito Rojas
Friday, February 21, 2020
LA BOOM
Woodside, Queens
“El Gallo Salsero” sings Puerto Rican salsa with Colombian vallenato singer Daniel Calderón and Colombian DJ Alex Sensation
Bad Bunny
Friday, December 6, 2019
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ The Puerto Rican bad boy of Latin trap and reggaeton brings his X100Pre Tour (Para Siempre, Forever) to Barclays Center
Farruko
Friday, November 29, 2019
Newark, New Jersey ~ ‘Baila Baila Baila’ and ‘Calma’ at the Mega Bash at Prudential Center
Zilia Sánchez: Eros
Tuesday-Saturday
Nov 21, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020
Galerie Lelong
CHELSEA, NYC
The Cuban artist’s new freestanding work and first marble and bronze sculptures
Roberto Roena
Saturday, October 12, 2019
JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens ~ ‘Tu Loco, Loco, Pero Yo Tranquilo.’ They don’t make Puerto Rican salsa music like that any more. Once the band starts, you can’t stop dancing.
Visitante Eduardo Cabra is Trending Tropics
Wed, September 4, 2019
HUDSON SQUARE, NYC ~ Eduardo Cabra of Calle 13, one of the producers who seems to be unlimited in the types of Latin music he makes well, brings his latest project, Trending Tropics to SOB’s
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Lalo Rodríguez
Friday, July 26, 2019
CLASON POINT, The Bronx ~ The salsa romántica legend’s songs make you want to make love, ¡Ya! The Bronx will be bouncing tonight.
Ricardo Rosselló, it’s time to go. ¡Ricky Renuncia!
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ~ The inept and corrupt governor has entered popular culture like Juan Bobo, but Bobo is always saved in the end by his good heart. What will save you? ¡Ricky Renuncia!
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iLe
Saturday, March 16, 2019
EL BARRIO EAST HARLEM, NYC ~ In her solo work Ileana Cabra, the multi-Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer from Calle 13 shows the strength and grace of Violeta Parra at El Museo del Barrio. FREE
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Daddy Yankee
2018 LATIN GRAMMYS, Thu, November 15, 2018 ~ “Dura” Best Urban Song
Luis Fonsi
I don’t know why he’s asking. I always get blamed.
Radio City Music Hall
Midtown, Manhattan
Monday, August 20, 2018
Wisin y Yandel
Madison Square Garden
Chelsea, Manhattan
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Nadine Sierra
Susana in ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
December 29 – January 19
Friday, January 19, 2018
Laurie Hernandez is a star Gymnast, dancer, author and beyond
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2017 Athlete of the Year
Continue Reading Laurie Hernandez is a star Gymnast, dancer, author and beyond
Modesto Lacen
The Puerto Rican actor best known for his role as Pedro Knight, the husband of Celia Cruz in the telenovela “Celia.”
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz ‘Fragile Mirrors’ at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Jan 11 – Apr 30, 2017 ~ Puerto Rican performance artist.
# puerto rican performance art exhibition
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Papo Colo ~ Procesión-Migración
The Puerto Rican performance artist gets support for his latest performance Procesión-Migración with the Puertos Ricos Festival at MoMA PS1 Jan 6-8, 2017
Luis Negron ‘Mundo Cruel’
December 7, 2012 ~ The hit first book by Puerto Rican author Luis Negrón about loneliness and the crazy things it drives us to do, is one of those books you can’t put down.
Puerto Rican Culture
Bomba + Plena + Salsa + Reggaeton + Latin Trap, Parranda, Theatre
Like all the Latin world, the heart of Puerto Rico is family. The main thing we do in Puerto Rico is eat and drink with family and friends on the beaches and in the mountains all over the island. To “chinchorrear” is to go from one surf shack bar to the next all day long late into the night. Then we start singing and dancing. Then…
Salsa is Cuban dance music of the 1950s developed by many Caribbean cultures, but it’s mostly Puerto Rican. It has Puerto Rican folkloric bomba and plena in it.
Reggaeton is Jamaican-Panamanian-New Yorker, but Puerto Ricans made it global. Latin trap is the next sound after reggaeton.
Puerto Rico has the world’s longest Christmas holiday traditions. The Parranda is Christmas caroling Puerto Rican style. We celebrate from Puerto Rico Discover Day on November 19 through Thanksgiving, Christmas, Three Kings, Las Octavitas and the San Sebastián Street Festival ends on January 20.
We have strong theatre traditions. Chita Rivera, Rita Moreno and Raul Julia are Broadway and film legends. Puerto Rican New Yorker Lin-Manuel Miranda (Freestyle Love Supreme, In the Heights) wrote Hamilton which is the Broadway hit of our generation. Rosie Perez, Benicio del Toro, Gina Rodriguez, Luis Guzmán and Modesto Lacen are amazing.
Saint James
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Loíza, Puerto Rico
Celebrate the feast of one of the disciples of Jesus, patron saint of Spain, Guatemala and Loíza, Puerto Rico
National Rum Day
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Enjoy the spirit of the Caribbean
La Parranda
November 19 to January 21
Christmas caroling Puerto Rican style is aguinaldos, cuatros, lechón, pasteles, arroz con gandules, morcilla, coquito, chinchorreo and lots more with family and friends from Discovery Day through Three Kings, then the Octavitas, then the San Sebastián Street Festival, and then we go back to work
Changó, Xangô, Sàngó or Santa Barbara
Friday, December 4, 2020
NIGERIA, CUBA, BRAZIL
Celebrate Changó (also Xangô, Sàngó or Saint Barbara), the Yoruba Orisha (patron saint) of fire, lightning, thunder and war, but also of music, drumming and dancing
Las Octavitas
Thursday, January 7-14, 2020
The octave of Three Kings Day extends Christmas in Puerto Rico for eight more days to Las Fiestas de la Calle de San Juan
Reggaeton
Latin rap, by the Jamaican diaspora in Panama, jumped to New York, and developed in Puerto Rico before going worldwide. Colombians are making great reggaeton now too. “Tu Pun Pun, mami-mami, no…”
Puerto Rico
January 2020 ~ Puerto Rico tourism is at your service. Tourism is fine. The 2020 earthquakes only affect a small part of the island and the remaining damage from 2017’s Hurricane Maria is in the countryside. The affected people need and deserve help, but the best thing you can do to help Puerto Ricans is to spend your tourism dollars enjoying yourself in Puerto Rico.
Ponce Carnival 2020
Sunday, February 23, 2020
PONCE, PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico’s main carnival festival fills the streets with Vejigante de Ponce, the Ponce version of Puerto Rico’s iconic carnival character
Aibonito Flower Festival
Daily June 28-July 7, 2019
Puerto Rican festival
AIBONITO, Puerto Rico ~ This country fair has amazing flowers, kiddie rides, and lots of food, drink and dancing to live salsa legends
RAMAS Festival ~ Rincón Alternative Music Art Surf
RINCÓN, PUERTO RICO; Fri-Sun Mar 22-24, 2019; Surfing art music festival ~ Big party for the surfers in Puerto Rico this weekend. Yellow Man, Pirulo y La Tribu and Fofé y Los Fetiches headline. “Ja man”
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